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Leaf-Ettes Chorus Line
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Leaf-Ettes Chorus Line

by SandyRichardsBrown

Gallery: FloraPosted November 12, 2017309 views5 comments
(Take-off on the "Rockettes") 
LiquidAmber leaves
2017:10:29 06:26:13
D850
70-180mm macro 
1/400 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: -1/3
ISO: 250
AF mode: AF-S
White balance: PRESET1
Flash: Off

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 13, 2017 at 6:00 PM
Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum) to be precise. Beavers love it, as the name hints. Nice arrangement to show off the varied color of the fall leaves. You went a long ways from either Arizona or Oregon. Generally East Texas and Oklahoma is as far West as this grows in the wild.
Later. . .
Oddly enough, this is a much despised invader in a large flatwoods area where pine is king. It is admittedly pretty in the Fall of the year in a cityscape or roadscape, but in my professional life as a forester, it is mostly a nuisance. It has commercial value in the right markets, but it has only nuisance value in the pine woods. In the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain, where beavers dam streams, it is a beaver food source. The beavers love its taste and the trees they girdle and fell are good dam material. However, it ruins the land for growing pines and other hardwoods for years.
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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on November 13, 2017 at 8:19 PM
Phil, I don't know about wild ones, but there are many, many cultivated LiquidAmbers in  western gardens. We had several in our yard in Lafayette, Northern CA, and the leaves in this image came from our tree in Oregon. They are highly-prized out here as one of the few trees that turns Vermont-red in the fall. Most yellows here are vine maples. 
Thanks for all the interesting information!  I didn't know it was an invasive species. 
Sandy
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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 15, 2017 at 1:19 AM
A VERY cool presentation, Sandy!  I like seeing the variation in each of the leaves.  This is really nice.

Nathan
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Comment posted by Floyd Hopper on November 17, 2017 at 7:07 PM
Beaiutiful.  Very creative.
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on November 18, 2017 at 10:29 AM
Sandy: Nicely conceived and presented. Very well done.>=))>
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